Forgive me FATHER that I ever believed I could make a difference in this world without YOU by my side.
We all use something to get us through life, beware of power, praise, and pleasure, for each contains properties that destroy, be discreet with dosage.
Today, it seems the way to paradise can feel like hell, and the way to hell can feel like paradise. In these days (Luke 21:16) warns us that our closest family or friends will betray us, some will be killed. (Matthew 24:9) Says, because you are mine, you will be hated all over the world.
Where you least wish to look is where you find what you are having most need. If you are blessed to receive the truth of God’s Word, be encouraged enough to accept it as such. Study it and speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, who heart’s been tested, and whose only concern is to please God, not people (1 Thessalonians 2:4).
With God over our life, there is no fear of mistakes because there are none; everything that happens is part of HIS plan. If we receive and accept early the weakening and fading of something that has reached its peak, your body, an era, period, or the close of life. We learn in life and we apply it, God makes seamless each transition, the only way out was through some.
There are things and people who meant us harm, and we were unaware, so God sent a sword to sever and separate the connection. It is better to admit walking through the wrong door, than to spend life in the wrong room.
The true measure of one’s intelligence is not just in attaining what they desire in life, but whether those attainments are worthy of passing on to future generations. Like fruit, our life’s work is an expression of the vitality and essence of the foundation from which it grew—our values, experiences, and the paths we’ve chosen. The true test is not reaching goals, but ensuring the legacy we leave behind has meaning and substance.
Luke 21:16
New International Version
16 “You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death.”
Luke 21:16
King James Version
16 “And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.”
Luke 21:16
Living Bible
16 “Even those closest to you—your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends will betray you and have you arrested; and some of you will be killed.”
Matthew 24:9
New International Version
9 “ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.”
Matthew 24:9
King James Version
9 “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.”
Matthew 24:9
Living Bible
9 “ “Then you will be tortured and killed and hated all over the world because you are mine,”
1 Thessalonians 2:4
New International Version
4 “On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.”
1 Thessalonians 2:4
King James Version
4 “But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.”
1 Thessalonians 2:4
Living Bible
4 “For we speak as messengers from God, trusted by him to tell the truth; we change his message not one bit to suit the taste of those who hear it; for we serve God alone, who examines our hearts’ deepest thoughts.”